When you've had a hideously long day at
work, the last thing you'll feel like doing when you finally get home at
night -- starving and cranky -- is to spend another hour slaving over
the stove. A few simple shortcuts will help make it easier for you
to get a good dinner on the table with a minimum of time and
effort:

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Blanche before stir-frying/sautéing.Cook slow-cooking vegetables
(cabbage, broccoli, green beans, etc.) briefly in boiling water before
stir-frying or sautéing to speed up the overall cooking time.

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Make surplus …Particularly when you’ve gone
to the effort of trying more complicated dishes. It won’t take any
more prep time to double/treble the recipes, and you’ll have yummy
leftovers/a quick-fix meal for the next day.

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The amazingly versatile basic tomato sauce
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Can be easily modified to produce an incredible array of dishes: use
straight up with pasta, add veggies/meat for more substantial pasta
sauces, add tomato paste to make pizza sauce, puree with chili powder,
cumin and green for enchilada sauce. Make large batches at a time, then
freeze in convenient serving size containers.